The free "FX Root" add-on is for developers and knowledgeable enthusiasts who need to make changes as the root user.

General Features (included standard):

* Material Design.* Productivity-oriented layout: The "Home Screen" shows bookmarks, storage, tools and (with FX+) media/network locations. You no longer have to wade through the garbage that apps store in the root folder of your SD card to get to the places you actually use.* Dual pane mode and unlimited windows (quickly switch between different locations)* Pinch-to-zoom in any "Explorer" window, zoom-in to see additional information about items* Intuitive swipe-to-select gesture for managing multiple items (Slide finger horizontally across items to select/deselect them; see YouTube Videos, web site documentation, or in-app help for more information)* "Usage View" mode analyzes storage space usage, enabling you to see total size of any folder* Indexed Search

* Streaming video playback: Format support is based upon third-party playback software installed on your device. Android typically supports MP4 and 3GP. FX can play AVI, FLV, MKV, and WMV formats *IF* you install third-party players available from the Google Play Store.

* GDrive / GDocs: Cut/pasted documents will be converted to Microsoft Office formats by default. Use "Open With" to download them in the format of your choice.

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Great file Explorer Great user interface. Full of features. I purchased the plus upgrade and am satisfied. Everything I want. I tried two competing apps. One has a bad interface and the other (largest install base) kept connecting to servers in China even when I was not using the product, I used OS Monitor to confirm..

The Ultimate File Explorer! The best file explorer app available with excellent network support. All packed into a great working app that respects design and intuitive UI. After using ES File Explorer and Root Browser for years, I have found the ultimate explorer app that can do everything I need. Get the FX Plus package, it's money well spent!

Not bad, but features missing I have to say this file explorer is one of my favorite so far, it has most of the things I want and it looks great to boot. Features I'd add is the ability to multiple select files from file A to B, like the Shift+Click function in Windows.

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I tried every file manager out there.... This is the best file manager but unfortunately I have to look for alternatives as there is still no ability to preview picture thumbnails on smb network shares. ES File Manager and Solid Explorer have this ability and it works well....will give five stars when this option is added...for now I am off to using Solid Explorer...

Great file Explorer Great user interface. Full of features. I purchased the plus upgrade and am satisfied. Everything I want. I tried two competing apps. One has a bad interface and the other (largest install base) kept connecting to servers in China even when I was not using the product, I used OS Monitor to confirm..

The Ultimate File Explorer! The best file explorer app available with excellent network support. All packed into a great working app that respects design and intuitive UI. After using ES File Explorer and Root Browser for years, I have found the ultimate explorer app that can do everything I need. Get the FX Plus package, it's money well spent!

Not bad, but features missing I have to say this file explorer is one of my favorite so far, it has most of the things I want and it looks great to boot. Features I'd add is the ability to multiple select files from file A to B, like the Shift+Click function in Windows.

I tried every file manager out there.... This is the best file manager but unfortunately I have to look for alternatives as there is still no ability to preview picture thumbnails on smb network shares. ES File Manager and Solid Explorer have this ability and it works well....will give five stars when this option is added...for now I am off to using Solid Explorer...

Great app! Most Beautiful File Explorer Out There! This app is great, definitely the best looking UI for a file explorer, the only bad thing keeping it from 5 stars is theres a bug where the size of my music folder keeps getting bigger i know i only have 3.3 gigs of music but it now says i have over 6 gigs of music plz fix i have a galaxy s5 on lollipop 5.0

This used to be my GO-TO Utility! I purchased this app, loaded it on both my Galaxy S6 on 5.0.2 as well as my Galaxy Note 4 on 5.0.1. Both units have plenty of memory. On multiple occasions with BOTH handsets copying large files from the phones to Dropbox failed. They copied the total bit count for the file being copied, then kept right on copying something (?) bit count continued to run, but when the copy is halted manually, nothing is on Dropbox! I even wrote a letter to NextApp... Heard NOTHING! Used my entire month of data in 1 day

Rename Bug!!! It works well, the icon presentation is very helpful and nice. But there is this renaming bug, that i found! When you rename a folder in FX there's some strange problem that makes it impossible to copy or move it! The name you see is the new name but the name apps see is the old one! The problem follow the map into the windows if you sync/copy /move it there! I couldn't even delete the maps however I could open the maps and read and copy the contents! Update : found the problem :) now no problem ☺

Oh no! Since last August when I purchased my tablet this app has been probably my favourite of all the apps I've tried - not just amongst file management apps, but all apps - period! A few days ago I purchased a smartphone which had KitKat installed. I knew about the sdcard problem, but downloaded fx anyway, and was pleased to find that the creator had created a 'workaround', which worked. So guess what? I decided to update the android system on my tablet - something which I had planned never to do because of the sdcard problem. I reinstalled fx explorer and went through the workaround process, but...oh no!...it doesn't work!! Not only that, but it's stopped working on my phone as well! Nightmare! I've been having to use ES explorer, which is nowhere near as good as FX, but which efficiently transfers files between main and sdcard storage - which means that it is possible to successfully address the problem. I would really appreciate it if you could sort this out, because apart from this, as I said, it's probably the best app I've ever used! If it gets fixed I'll insist on giving it 6 stars ;)

Best file explorer I'm very impressed with this app as a whole. I wish it was the default file manager for my tablet and phone, since the tools it provides really helped save me a lot of storage space on both devices. I'm not sure if its already part of the code, but the only thing I would prefer changed would be how the duplicate file matching works. I'd like if it matched files by MD5 or SHA1 to determine duplicates, but also have a setting for what files to ignore for duplicates. From what I can tell, it is using some form of hash identity to mark files as duplicates, but I'd like to be able to omit cache files, like from the face recognition cache or from the Google Photos uploading cache.

Best of the best This is the best file manager. But some improvements can make me feel better. 1) sliding lest to right shows open windows. But clicking on the shaded area does not close that window. 2) a + icon on the right bottom corner to create files and folders would be great. At least we do not have to click on menu button. 3) image viewer slider doesn't work natural. I hope, I will surprised to seeing future improvements.

By Far the BEST File Explorer out there! Just great. Like most others, I have tried 'em all. Well we have a Winner Ladies & Gentleman! 👏 This has a great UI, easily customisable, every possible thing you need in a File Explorer and it's simple and easy to use. 👌

Have to pay for basic features It looks OK, but you have to pay for simple features like cloud storage connectivity that other file managers like es3 file explorer give you for free. Doesn't preview images. Uninstalled.

Problem with Owncloud I'm trying to connect to an OwnCloud server with a self-signed certificate. I am prompted to accept the cert over and over again with no success. The official OwnCloud app works fine with the same server.

Best file explorer on the market For a long time I have been using various explorers looking for the "right" one. This app is very easy to use and the layout is awesome. The root add-on is very helpful and suggest downloading it if your device is rooted. 5 stars easily!

Did you tell me this before I installed? ? After I installed fx, it said BTW you might not be able to write to the SD card now because Google doesn't want you to use any other SW. Did I miss this warning BEFORE I installed or didn't you tell me? What have other people done about this?

Does 100% of what I want Great application that connects well to SMB shares, cloud accounts, and root file explorer too. Even has some security features with the keyring. Was glad to buy the pro license. Totally worth it.

A Good file manager. Ad free too. A good file manager, both functionally as well as visually. Most of the essential functions are available for free without any distracting ads. Some of the power user features are available as paid add-on.

Multiple OneDrive accounts When i go to create a second onedrive host, it reuses the first account. not quite a deal breaker, but would be very handy for me to be able to connect multiple onedrive accounts like i can with ESFE. i will likely purchase this app, after i test whether i can SMB over VPN over LTE, something ESFE cannot do.

Very less options Type the word in search bar of File Explorer, the desired result is shown ,press and hold on it but it does show more options ,no share option there (to share that content) , no editing option need to improve it 😸😸😸👹👹👹

after updated to this latest version, write to SD was working... but suddenly today can't delete on SD... Worse is moved file from Internal storage to SD just deleted from Internal Storage and not moved to SD card with Error.. Now the file just GONE!! Help!!

What's New

(Lollipop Only) Fixed bug where enabling write access on SD cards failed to persist after reboot. You will need to perform the "Enable Write Access" procedure after installing this release to obtain write access to it.